Malaika Kubwa (name changed in 2018; born 17 May 1988), known professionally as Martina Big,[3] is a German model and actress known for her extremely large breast implants, and for undergoing a perma-tanning procedure to give herself a dark skin color, eyebrow color and eye color.[3][4][5] Big currently identifies as black.[1][5][6][7]
Career and personal life
Big was born in Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany.[3] After receiving a high school diploma, Big began a career as flight attendant alongside her longtime partner Michael, who was a pilot. She quit working as a flight attendant in 2012 to pursue modeling and acting full-time.[3] In 2017, Big confirmed in the Swedish television show Outsiders that she has the biggest breasts in Europe, employing a water displacement test.[8]
Body modifications
On 3 December 2012 Big underwent a breast augmentation with large expandable implants. Since then she had 23 procedures to add volume to her breasts, reaching a bra size of 32 S.[9]
In January 2017, Big began undergoing perma-tanning procedures using melanotan injections to give her the appearance of a black woman.[1][3][4][5] In February 2018, she traveled to Kenya and lived there with the tribes of the Maasai and Samburu. A local clergyman baptized her to be a true Kenyan woman. She was given the baptismal name Malaika Kubwa; in Swahili, "malaika" means "angel" and "kubwa" means "big".[10][11]
In May 2019 she had her previous breast implants replaced by new, bigger, expandable models, which are the biggest breast implants in the world, each with a rated volume of 20,000 cubic centimetres (1,200 cu in).[12][13]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Codename: Diablo! | Barbie Blonde | Aaron Barsky | Action comedy |
Television
| Date of Broadcast | TV station | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/03/2015 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv Weekend |
| 01/07/2015 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Punkt 12 |
| 12/11/2015 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv - Das Magazin |
| 2016-02-10 | Channel 4 | United Kingdom | Bodyshockers |
| 2016-08-27 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv Weekend |
| 2016-09-08 | Kanal 5 (Sweden) | Sweden | Outsiders |
| 2016-12-22 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv - Das Magazin |
| 2017-02-11 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv - Das Magazin |
| 2017-04-08 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv - Das Magazin |
| 2017-04-13 | ITV (TV channel) | United Kingdom | This Morning (TV programme) [14] |
| 2017-05-16 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv - Das Magazin |
| 2017-06-12 | Antena One | Romania | Acces Direct [15] |
| 2017-06-13 | Antena One | Romania | Acces Direct [15] |
| 2017-06-18 | E! | United States | Botched (TV series)[16] |
| 2017-07-01 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv Weekend |
| 2017-07-04 | ProSieben | Germany | Taff |
| 2017-07-04 | Puls 4 | Austria | Fortlaut |
| 2017-07-21 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Punkt 12 |
| 2017-07-26 | Sat.1 | Germany | Sat 1 Frühstücksfernsehen |
| 2017-08-02 | Sat.1 | Germany | Sat 1 Frühstücksfernsehen |
| 2017-08-08 | Sat.1 | Germany | Sat 1 Frühstücksfernsehen [17] |
| 2017-09-05 | Kanal 5 (Sweden) | Sweden | Outsiders [18] |
| 2017-09-06 | NPO 3 | Netherlands | De Braboneger Basht! |
| 2017-09-20 | NBCUniversal | United States | Maury (talk show) |
| 2017-09-23 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv Weekend |
| 2017-09-23 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Das Supertalent [19] |
| 2017-09-25 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Punkt 12 |
| 2017-09-25 | RTL II | Germany | Detlef Soost Show [20] |
| 2017-09-25 | NBCUniversal | United States | Maury (talk show) |
| 2017-09-27 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Die 25 unfassbarsten Geschichten der Welt |
| 2017-09-27 | Sat.1 | Germany | Sat 1 Frühstücksfernsehen |
| 2017-10-04 | ITV (TV channel) | United Kingdom | This Morning (TV programme) [21] |
| 2017-12-01 | Channel One Russia | Russia | Andrey Malakhov Let Them Talk (talk show) |
| 2017-12-08 | ProSieben | Germany | Big Stories - Die extremsten Bodys |
| 2017-12-14 | ProSieben | Germany | red.2017 Der große Jahresrückblick |
| 2017-12-15 | Sat.1 | Germany | Sat 1 Frühstücksfernsehen |
| 2017-12-27 | ProSieben | Germany | Taff |
| 2018-01-05 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv - Das Magazin |
| 2018-03-20 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Guten Morgen Deutschland |
| 2018-03-20 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Punkt 12 |
| 2018-03-20 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv - Das Magazin |
| 2018-03-24 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Best of...! |
| 2018-03-24 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv Weekend |
| 2018-03-26 | Sat.1 | Germany | Sat 1 Frühstücksfernsehen |
| 2018-03-28 | Sat.1 | Germany | Sat 1 Frühstücksfernsehen |
| 2018-04-03 | Sat.1 | Germany | Sat 1 Frühstücksfernsehen |
| 2018-04-06 | Sat.1 | Germany | Sat 1 Frühstücksfernsehen |
| 2018-04-06 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv - Das Magazin [22] |
| 2018-04-06 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Guten Morgen Deutschland |
| 2018-07-05 | Sat.1 Gold | Germany | Lebenslust - Das SAT.1 Gold Magazin |
| 2018-07-17 | E! | United States | Botched (TV series) |
| 2018-07-17 | Nippon TV | Japan | Sekai Gyoten News |
| 2018-08-03 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Guten Morgen Deutschland |
| 2018-08-03 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Punkt 12 |
| 2018-08-09 | ProSieben | Germany | Big Stories - Die krassesten Körper |
| 2018-08-15 | Sat.1 | Germany | Die Unglaublichsten Vorher-Nachher-Sensationen |
| 2018-09-28 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv - Das Magazin |
| 2018-09-30 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv Weekend [23] |
| 2018-10-01 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Punkt 12 |
| 2018-10-02 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Guten Morgen Deutschland |
| 2018-10-02 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Punkt 12 [24] |
| 2018-10-04 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Guten Morgen Deutschland |
| 2018-10-04 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Punkt 12 |
| 2018-10-05 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Guten Morgen Deutschland |
| 2018-10-05 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Punkt 12 |
| 2018-10-07 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv Weekend [25] |
| 2018-10-08 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Guten Morgen Deutschland |
| 2018-12-21 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Guten Morgen Deutschland |
| 2018-12-21 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Punkt 12 |
| 2018-12-23 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv Weekend [26] |
| 2018-12-30 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv Weekend |
| 2019-01-21 | ITV (TV channel) | United Kingdom | This Morning (TV programme)[27] |
| 2019-01-22 | Sat.1 | Germany | Sat 1 Frühstücksfernsehen |
| 2019-01-23 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv - Das Magazin |
| 2019-01-27 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv Weekend |
| 2019-02-07 | Sat.1 | Germany | Sat 1 Frühstücksfernsehen |
| 2019-02-07 | Sat.1 | Germany | Endlich Feierabend |
| 2019-03-12 | Sat.1 | Germany | Sat 1 Frühstücksfernsehen |
| 2019-03-29 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv - Das Magazin [28] |
| 2019-03-30 | VOX (German TV channel) | Germany | Brutal schön - Mein optimierter Körper |
| 2019-04-06 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Best Of... |
| 2019-06-11 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv - Das Magazin [28] |
| 2019-06-16 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv Weekend |
| 2019-07-03 | ITV (TV channel) | United Kingdom | This Morning (TV programme) [29] |
| 2019-07-06 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Best Of... |
| 2019-08-09 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv - Das Magazin [28] |
| 2019-08-11 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv Weekend |
| 2019-08-28 | Sat.1 | Germany | Die Unglaublichsten ... Hingucker |
| 2019-09-01 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv Weekend [28] |
| 2019-10-08 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv - Das Magazin [30] |
| 2019-11-01 | VOX (German TV channel) | Germany | Prominent! |
| 2019-12-15 | ProSieben | Germany | Big Stories - Die extremsten Bodys |
| 2019-12-29 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv Weekend |
| 2020-01-22 | Channel 5 (British TV channel) | United Kingdom | Bodylicious!(TV programme)[31] |
| 2023-01-09 | Sat.1 | Germany | Britt - Der Talk: Mein Körper ist ein Kunstwerk |
| 2023-09-25 | RTL (German TV channel) | Germany | Explosiv - Das Magazin [32] |
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- ^ Callahan, Yesha (23 June 2017). "German White Woman Completes Her 'Transition' Into a Black Woman". The Root. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f Big, Martina. "Biography of Martina Big". Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ a b Bido, Tatiana (20 March 2018). "Woman Totally Changes Skin Tone Using Illegal and Harmful 'Barbie Drug'". Yahoo Life. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ a b c Callahan, Yesha (12 April 2018). "Black-by-Injection White Woman Martina Big Is Now Known as 'Malaika Kubwa' After Kenyan Baptism". The Root. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ Woman With Largest Pair of Breast Implants in Europe Wants Botched Doctors to Give Her a Huge Butt eonline.com Retrieved 30 July 2018
- ^ Model with biggest breasts in Europe coming to Keny acdc.co.ke Retrieved 30 July 2018
- ^ "discovery+". www.discoveryplus.com.
- ^ Starkey, Adam (19 June 2017). "Botched season 4: Woman with biggest breast implants in Europe wants a butt to match". Metro. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
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- ^ "Martina Big - My Baptism To The African Woman Malaika Kubwa". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ McCoid, Sophie (3 July 2019). "Phillip Schofield left speechless by woman with biggest breasts in the world on This Morning". liverpoolecho.co.uk. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ "Busenwunder Martina Big ist nach Brust-OP noch bigger" [Breast miracle Martina Big is even bigger after breast surgery]. RTL News (in German). 9 November 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ "Eamonn Meets Martina Big | This Morning" – via www.youtube.com.
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- ^ "Frühstücksfernsehen - Aus diesem Grund hat sich Martina Big total verwandelt!". 8 August 2017 – via www.sat1.de.
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- ^ "RTLZWEI". www.rtl2.de.
- ^ "I Was Born White but I Prefer Being Black | This Morning" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "Martina Big will endlich dazugehören – jetzt bekommt sie Hilfe von einer Afrikanerin". vip.de.
- ^ "Martina Big: Die Brautkleid-Suche ist eine echte Herausforderung". vip.de.
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- ^ "Martina Big: Ehemann Michael wird für seine Frau zum "Fast-Afrikaner"". rtl.de.
- ^ "Martina Big Is Back After Having Injections to Turn Her Into a Black Woman | This Morning" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ a b c d "Videos: Alle RTL Videohighlights". rtl.de.
- ^ "Martina Big: "I Want the Biggest Boobs in the World" | This Morning" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "Martina Big und Michael auf dem Volksfest". rtl.de.
- ^ "My5". www.channel5.com.
- ^ Martina Big offenbart: Diese OP plant sie als nächstes! rtl.de Retrieved 25 September 2023